Holcim UK Ltd

Glensanda Granite Quarry 
 
Occupying a remote peninsula north of Oban, Glensanda is an immense coastal super-quarry. The facility includes a processing plant, a small aircraft landing strip, a coastal deep-water berth on Loch Linnhe, which can serve ships up to 120,000 tonnes, and a small harbour that receives a private ferry which crosses the loch from Port Appin bringing workers to the quarry. Due to the volume of material exported from the site, it is heralded as one of the largest ports in the UK.

We employ a highly skilled workforce of 200 to operate the quarry 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, maintaining production, site infrastructure and caring for our staff based on site.

We estimate that over 60% of our workforce is drawn from the area between Oban and Fort William, we provide sleeping accommodation for up to 60 people on site from further afield. Many of our employees, including managers, have come through our apprenticeship programmes which have regular intakes. These can be highly skilled roles including Marine, Mechanical & Electrical engineering and lab technicians.